Writing Inheritance

[GuyYouMetOnline]

I'm sure most of you have heard of, if not read, [i]Eragon[/i], book 1 of the Inheritance trilogy. That book left a lot of unanswered questions. Add book 2, [i]Eldest[/i], which is currently scheduled for release on August 1, 2005, and the [i]Eragon[/i] movie (which I've mentioned in the 'Next Year's Movies' thread in the Music, Movies, and TV forum), there's plenty to talk about.

I'll start by saying that one of my favorite parts of [i]Eragon[/i] is when [spoiler]Eragon is at Farthen Dur and a woman seeks Eragon's blessing for an orphaned child. I think that part was done very well. Eragon's not sure what to do, but he doesn't actually show it. He blesses the child, whom Saphira then touches with her snout, leaving a star-shaped, [i]Gedwey Ignasia[/i]-ish mark on the child's forhead. When I visualize the sequence, I see Eragon as the gathered crowd probably saw him. That's what I like about it. The fact that I can get the feeling of actually [i]being[/i] there. I can't remember ever getting that feeling from a book before.[/spoiler]

Of course, the book isn't perfect. For example, [spoiler]Eragon's intelligence doesn't seem constant. There are times when he seems pretty smart (suggesting the use of purchasing records to track the Ra'zac when knowing only that they had Seithr oil, for example). He didn't even know what Seither oil was until then, or even hat it existed), but there are also times when his stupidity stuns me (not being able to guess that the Urgals' master is Galbatorix, for example. That's one of the most obvious things I've ever come across). Also, I was irritated by everyone's reaction to Murtagh, a reaction based only on his father's identity. Not surprised, though. I don't know a single person, with the exception of myself (I hope), that would have reacted differently.[/spoiler]

I could go on for a long time, but I'll stop here and let you share your thoughts on [i]Eragon[/i], the upcoming [i]Eldest[/i], the [i]Eragon[/i] movie, and/or anything [i]Inheritance[/i]-related that I didn't mention.

[Guest The Pro]

Eragon owns. I love it. It is jsut all round... well prettty damned impressive. The action was... wicked... and i lovd the huge battle at the end, with the Thing (cant remeber the name, was a while back, Shade or somthing th) that Eragon killed, it was jsut kool.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

The Shade's name was Durza.

I'm going to see if I can get some discussion going with this: [spoiler]Who is Eragon's father? I've had several guesses, but when I read the book again, I decided than none of them were right. Why? Because of Angela's fortune-telling. She said that betrayal would come from within Eragon's family. I don't think Roran's going to betray Eragon. I think that Eragon's father is in the Varden, and that he's the traitor. My first guess, Brom, is dead, so he can't betray Eragon, and I don't think he would have even if he lived. If it was me writing the books, I'd be mean to Eragon and have his father be Galbatorix, but that doesn't fit the betrayal thing. Neither does Morzan. I doubt Ajihad would be a traitor, as he's head of the Varden, and I didn't come up with any more candidates. Does anyone else have any guesses? Or maybe, does anyone think that Roran will betray Eragon?[/spoiler]